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Now that the trade deadline has come and gone, the biggest move teams looking for a change can make is to fire the head coach. There are obvious names on the hot seat -- Tony Sparano and Jack Del Rio -- but history tells us that there could be a few surprises at the end of the season.
In recent years, high-profile names like Jeff Fisher, Marty Schottenheimer, Mike Shanahan and Jon Gruden were all let go after successful runs, with the latter two winning Super Bowl titles during their tenures in Denver and Tampa Bay, respectively.
In-season changing coaches are nothing new. In fact, it's happened 18 times since 2000. It's just another example of the NFL being driven by what have you done for me lately. That's true for players, general managers and coaches.
With some teams already thinking about 2012